Stead, R.
(2015). Goodbye stranger. New York: Penguin Group.
Summary:
Bridgette is nearly killed in a skating accident when she was hit by a
car when she was eight. Now a seventh
grader with her two best friends; Tab and Emily. The three girls have one rule: No fighting!
Bridge worries whether her friend Sherm “like likes” her, whether her
older brother Jamie will ever manage to get rid of his toxic “frenemy”
Alex. Tabitha has discovered feminism
thanks to her English teacher, Ms. Berman and Emily has grown breasts, become
the star of the soccer team and is being pursued by older boys. When a sexy
picture of Emily begins circulating around the school, Emily wonders why she
didn’t listen when her friends told her not to take the picture. Emily has to deal with being called names by
others at school and being pushed out of the talent show due to her
reputation. Thankfully she has the
support of her best friends. In the end
the friends realize mistakes were made and can be forgiven. This book has many characteristics of
contemporary realistic fiction. The main characters are smart but realistically
flawed and the smartest of them does something very, very stupid, yet somehow
plausible. They do things they regret, and then they say sorry, face the
consequences and learn something from it.
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